You have educated yourselves and your organization about p andemics

Pandemic Preparedness for Faith-BasedOrganizations

You have educated yourselves and your organization about pandemics


You have developed yourPandemic Preparedness and Response Plan


Now What?


Putting Your Community Back Together

What is the role of your

faith-based organization?

Section 3:


FBOs can play many roles in their community or region in

time of crisis


FBOs can provide:

• Shelter


FBOs can provide:

• Shelter

• A gathering place

Flickr: Edison Academy FCPS


FBOs can provide:

• Shelter• A gathering place

• Physical comfort

Flickr: Judy Baxter


FBOs can provide:

• Shelter• A gathering place• Physical comfort

• Emotional comfort Flickr: Jlhopgood


FBOs can provide:

• Shelter• A gathering place• Physical comfort• Emotional comfort

• Financial resourcesFlickr: Dustin Moore


FBOs can provide:

• Shelter• A gathering place• Physical comfort• Emotional comfort• Financial resources

• Human resourcesFlickr: Myfuture.com


Developing a Community Recovery

Plan for your FBO


Primary Planning Steps

• Identify existing conditions• Identify community needs• Brainstorm ideas• Develop a plan• Manage the plan


Identify Existing

Conditions1


Identify Existing Conditions

• Location within the community

• Physical resources• Human resources

among staff• Human resources

among members


Identify Community

Needs 2


Identify Community Needs

• Shelter• Elder care• Business support• Agency coordination

Flickr: Scorpions and Centaurs


Brainstorm (and maybe do a little research)3


Brainstorming

• Find a brainstorming method

• Every idea is treated equally

• How can your FBO help your community recover?

Flickr: Jez Nicholson


Develop a Plan4


Develop a Plan

• Develop the best of the brainstorming ideas

• Identify primary and secondary ideas

• Set goals for ideasFlickr: Garry Wilmore


Developing Brainstorming Ideas

• Examine and discuss every idea from brainstorming

• Identify ideas most feasible for your FBO

• Arrange ideas into categories

Flickr: Jez Nicholson


Identifying Primary and Secondary Ideas

• What is your most plausible idea?

• What other ideas would also work?

• Can any of the ideas work simultaneously?

Flickr: INPIVIC Family


Setting Goals for Ideas

• Who will you help?• How will you help?• Who will be in charge?• What will you

accomplish?• What resources will be

used?• When will you be

finished?

Flickr: Angie Torres


ManageThe Plan5


Pandemic Preparedness is Critical

Being unprepared means your FBO may not survive a pandemic.

Being prepared means your faith-based organization could thrive and remain an important part of your community.

You have educated yourselves and your organization about p andemics

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